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			<h1>The plants are covered in ice.</h1>
			<p>Day 00648: Wednesday, 2016 December 14</p>
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	All day today, it&apos;s been raining non-stop.
	It&apos;s not just any rain either, it&apos;s freezing rain.
	All the plants that I can find, large and small, are covered in a thick layer of ice now.
	I can&apos;t help but feel bad for them.
	Tree branches are getting heavy and falling off, and any plants that are in the pathway, while normally flexible enough to bend out of the way of pedestrians, are now brittle and fall apart without much pressure.
	The plants lowest to the ground, mostly the grass, are only encased in a thin layer, but on the trees and shrubs, it&apos;s much thicker.
	I even saw some small flowers perfectly preserved in ice.
	They&apos;ll probably die when it thaws though due to cellular damage caused by the ice crystals.
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	With all the preparation work I put in, I was able to pump out a five-page <a href="/en/coursework/BUS1101/Strengths_weaknesses_opportunities_and_threats.xhtml">essay</a> where only two pages were required.
	Preparation takes forever, but it pays off.
	After that, I completed the discussion assignment for the week:
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	It seems that you&apos;ve experienced firsthand what can happen when an organization doesn&apos;t keep their strategy consistent with their goals.
	It doesn&apos;t end well, and can result in confused employees having to leave for somewhere that makes more sense.
	By keeping goals and strategies consistent, an organization allows members to be better prepared for situations that the organization has to deal with.
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	I agree, it&apos;s difficult to trust an organization that contradicts itself.
	Consistency not only helps prevent chaos within the organization itself, but also helps those outside the organization see the organization as capable of being useful and trusted.
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	Dishonesty in an organization can be devastating, but even more so when one of that organization&apos;s core values is supposedly honesty.
	It makes it seem like everything that the company supposedly stands for is a lie, whether that&apos;s truly the case or not.
	Investors probably lose interest, as do customers, and the organization won&apos;t see the support that it needs to see the success that it otherwise would.
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	It looks like it worked out for you, as the company was able to see the value of your software and are now getting ready to deploy it.
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	It seems odd that your manager disappeared for three months after giving you a job that took only about three days.
	It seems very irresponsible on your manager&apos;s part.
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	I should have completed that yesterday, but I was too tired to even take a crack at it.
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